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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 10:58:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 10:58:20 (GMT) |
| commit | 2070e83f28008e0110f3caf021e129ecb3b33558 (patch) | |
| tree | f1c11fddcb3423b4c431ddadb1dc1e27e09b27ec | |
| parent | a0b792354e85593f0a0186b107026716c4a625dc (diff) | |
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Fix example in backreference description. Found by Alexander Heger on docs@.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 1421f35..762ca49 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ the second character. For example, ``\$`` matches the character ``'$'``. ``\number`` Matches the contents of the group of the same number. Groups are numbered starting from 1. For example, ``(.+) \1`` matches ``'the the'`` or ``'55 55'``, - but not ``'the end'`` (note the space after the group). This special sequence + but not ``'thethe'`` (note the space after the group). This special sequence can only be used to match one of the first 99 groups. If the first digit of *number* is 0, or *number* is 3 octal digits long, it will not be interpreted as a group match, but as the character with octal value *number*. Inside the |